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C. A. SHATTUGK.

SUSPENDE'RS.

Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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CHARLES A. SHATTUOK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,010, dated December 20, 1887.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Snar- TUOK, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders or Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for relieving strain on garment suspenders or supporters of that class in which are combined a normally open or extended spring and supporting devices therefor adapted for attachment to parts of suspenders, the arrangement being such that the spring is compressed or contracted by strain exerted on the suspenders, and therefore becomes, when contracted to its utmost extent, a stop to limit the extension or yielding of the suspenders.

The invention consists in the improved devices,which I will now proceed to describe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a front View of a suspender-end embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a side view of a part thereof.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents a slide or buckle adapted to be engaged with the webbing of suspenders, or with any strap for gar- From the lower allel rods 01' guides, b b, which are preferably united at their lower ends by a curved neck, the whole forming a U shaped extension made integral with the slide or buckle, said slide and the rods 12 b being stamped out of a piece of sheet metal. On the rods or guides b b is placed a spiral spring, 0, which-follows the U shape of the guides, and is normally open or extended, as shown.

(1 represents a slide which is adapted to move upon the guidesb I), and is supported by the spring 0, the slide having ears d d, Fig. 2, bent around the guides and forming sockets which rest upon the ends of the spring. The slide cl is also formed to be engaged with the straps f f, which are buttoned to the waistband of pantaloons in suspenders. In the present instance a portion of the slide is bent made in one piece,which is capable of sliding in the eye 9.

It will be seen that when the slide or buckle a is attached to the main strap of asuspender, or to any garmentsupporting strap, and the straps f f are secured to the garment to be supported, a longitudinal strain exerted on said straps will compress thespringfand thus elongate the suspenders, the elongation being permitted until the spring reaches its limit of compression, whereupon the spring becomes a stop to prevent further elongation.

The slide .or buckle a is made in a single piece, and is cutaway at two places to form upper and lower cross-bars, z'j, and a central cross-bar, k.

I form upon the upper cross-bar, i, a series of spurs or prongs, Z Z, projecting partly across the slot between said upper cross-bar and the central bar. \Vhen the main strap of the sus pender is passed through the slots between the cross-bars, the spurs enter said strap and prevent the slide or buckle from slipping downwardly thereon, but offer no resistance to the upward movement of the slide upon the strap. The slide can therefore be quickly adjusted, and secures itself at any point to which it may be adjusted.

I claim" 1. The slide or buckle a and the U'shaped guidesbb, all formediu onepiece, asdescribed, combined with the single spiral spring 0, following the curvature of the guide and extend ing along both arms thereof, and the slide d, having the hook g, and the sockets d d, adapted to slide on the guides, as set forth.

2. The slide or buckle a, having the crossbars ij is, spurs Z Z, and U-shaped guides b b, all formed in one piece, as described, combined with the slide at and spring 0, as setforth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 24th day of March,

CHAS. A. SHATTUGK. XVitnesses:

C. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON. 

